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The New York Film Critics Circle Names Two Reginas—King and Hall—Best Actresses

As Prince once sagely said, all the critics love you in New York—that is, if your name is Regina. That’s the case for 2018, when Regina Hall and Regina King garnered acting accolades from the New York Film Critics Circle.

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A 1st Peek at Donald Glover and Rihanna's Film Is Here (Squint or You Might Miss It)

Big things often come from small beginnings or so we’ve been told. So we were happy to pull out our magnifying glasses to check out the much-discussed trailer for Guava Island, which co-stars Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), and Rihanna.

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Taraji P. Henson Puts a Welcome New Spin on an Old Plot in What Men Want

What do men want? Hell if I know (though I have my suspicions), but Taraji P. Henson’s going to help us find out in What Men Want, due for release on February 8, 2019, with a new extended trailer out Friday.

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Knockouts: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and More Kill It at the Creed II Premiere

Black excellence was once again on display last night in New York City. And while the cast of Creed II was conspicuously missing its prequel’s writer and director, Ryan Coogler, sequel writer (and Root 100 honoree) Cheo Hodari Coker was on hand, as was sequel director Steven Caple, Jr.

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A Prince Documentary Is in the Works at Netflix—with Ava DuVernay at the Helm

“Black excellence” is a phrase oft-used at The Root, but we’re not sure it’s quite adequate to describe this news: In the midst of completing her highly anticipated drama for Netflix, The Central Park Five, Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay is also in production on another documentary for the…

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Night School: The Urbanworld Film Festival Launches With a Lesson in Black Creativity

The thrill is far from gone. In its 22nd year, the Urbanworld Film Festival started strong with a screening of the upcoming comedy Night School, starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and directed by Girls Trip hit-maker Malcolm D. Lee.

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Watch: Barry Jenkins' Official Trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk Does James Baldwin Proud

“Trust love, all the way.” Those are the final words of Barry Jenkins’ full-length trailer for his adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel, If Beale Street Could Talk, which was released by Annapurna pictures on Thursday morning.

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2016 ‘Best Year’ for African Americans in film

The African American Film Critics Association said 2016 had been the best year for the black community on the film screen both in casting and storylines.

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‘Black Netflix’ coming to a living room near you

Brown Sugar, a new streaming service, is touting itself as "Netflix, but blacker."

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Old school black movies coming back to a theater near you

You know that feeling you get when you watch classic black movies from the 80s, 90s and 2000s? Media innovator and tech wiz Mark Luckie wants to bring those movies and that feeling back to the theaters - with some soul food on the menu...

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New Study Obliterates Hollywood Execs’ Excuses for Not Casting Black Lead Actors

For years, Hollywood executives presented the argument that Black lead actors were not marketable. A […]

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The Success of Black Films Is Still a Hard Thing to Predict

The success of this year’s Straight Outta Compton has reignited a discussion on the topic of […]

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10 Classic African Movies You Should Know

Yaaba This 1989 film was directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, an African writer and director from […]

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Slave revenge & 'Django Unchained': In film fantasy, slaves finally give the master his just deserts

OPINION - It might seem strange that 'Django Unchained' will be the first slave revenge film in history, unless we unpack what "revenge" in America is really about...

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'Boomerang' 20 years later: Timeless comedy remains the standard for black ensemble films

OPINION - Twenty years later and it is still one of my favorite rom-coms, not just black rom-coms, but rom-coms in general. Let’s take a trip down memory lane to commemorate the dopeness of 'Boomerang'...

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